Start playing a pattern will not skip the first accord and start immediately after the click.

Position led flickering has been decreased.

Pattern play pauseing is accurte when you play a test sound. (althoug maybe a little extra delay would be nice)

Low pass filter with resonance. Cut frequency starts from 16384Hz. At the right end of the 'cut' slider the lpf is turned off, so the resonanc will not work there. At the right end of the 'res' slider the original sample is pretty distorted. It is not a bug; it comes from the math. I have left it in. May be it will be good for something.

Every calculation have fallen back to 32768Hz. I kept it in 44100 originaly because of the ndsi, but this was just too slow (and not just because more sample should be calculated). I think I will simply create an ndsi version later.

A nice big optimalization (not just the base frequency decreasing). Now the sample generation is faster even with the lpf.

Selectible scales. (chromatic,ionian,dorian,phrygain,lydian,locrian) You have to regenerate the bank to hear the difference. In every scale the first note is C3. In the previous versions ionian was the default.

FIRe has just got an update which sounds like it will be very useful for podcasters, together with the ability to create compressed files and a bunch of other enhancements make this a great update to an already great app.

There's been loads of press about ZoozBeat lately. On the one hand I am really impressed and think it is a great marketing triumph on their part, and also keep thinking I should spend a little more time with the app.

On the other hand I can't help comparing it against apps like Sunvox, Beatmaker, Bleep!Box etc and wonder how it shapes up against these?

Of course, it is probably, or rather, almost certainly an unfair comparison as Zoozbeat is not aimed at the same audience.

So, I'd like to know if you've got a view on ZoozBeat, the Music reCreation Studio?

I guess I've always been of the understanding that mobile software works on the basis of 'buy once. upgrades free', and for the most part I think that developers have that in their heads too.

I'm interested to know how many music application developers would like to utilise Apple's in app purchase mechanism for next features and functionality? I'm not just talking about paying for plug ins, but also for additional capabilities for an app, say for example expanding the available tracks in a multi-track recorder.

Is this what's in store from developers, and if it is, are we users ok with that?

I keep on returning to this little synth because it is just so playable. One of my fav features, if not my absolute fav is sticky notes. I remember using matchsticks on keyboards years ago to keep notes or chords going, and Toro mini does it with a button. Fantastic.

Here's a little wishlist for Toro mini:

Recording. I'd love to record my noodling around on these sounds.

Overdub. Once I've recorded something on one patch I'll want to overdub using another

Export, or course, for my great masterpiece

Save patches when I've adapted them

There, not a huge list, and maybe not for a Toro mini, but maybe a Toro maxi? Am I being too cheeky now?

Whatever InstantBinary do next with this app I do really love it. If you haven't tried it then you don't know what you're missing.

This post from Sonorasaurus gives a quick update on the state of the app.

I am amazed to learn that it has been with Apple for 7 weeks now. Whilst I say I am amazed, I'm not actually surprised as Touch DJ has been in for a similar length of time. I can't understand why Apple does this. Sooner or later they are going to annoy developers to the extent that they start to look at alternate platforms, and that's good for no one.

As for Sonorasaurus, I can't wait to see this app in the flesh. I think it will be brilliant.

We've got more exciting features in the works for DopplerPad's next update: a patch editor and an expression editor. The patch editor will allow you to tweak the parameters of existing instruments and even create new ones, and the expression editor will let you apply effects like a delay, filter, distortion, etc. to instruments.

Sounds great alongside the audio copy and audio paste features coming with FourTrack.

I think that when all this stuff is available it will make the DopplerPad / FourTrack combo really impressive and useful. At least, that's what I'm hoping for anyway.